This time of year is a wonderful time for wild flowers at Chateau Unang.  The selection of beautiful delicate flowers and bushes that appear each year, are rarely exactly the same and very dependant on the weather over the preceding winter. Wonderful little orchids, wild thyme, euphorbia, gladioli, cistus, to name very few.  If you come to taste the wine we have put up a signed … [Read more...]

At Easter we had a charming group of 14 Danes for the Gourmet wine and cheese tasting on the Chateau terrace.  Holidaying together to celebrate a birthday, they were staying in Methamis, one of the three ancient hilltop villages surrounding us here, and they came at 6 o'clock on a sunny spring evening. A different delicious cheese for each of our six wines, with the aim being to make the … [Read more...]

A lovely day today, the first cuckoo, breakfast outside and a sunny picnic lunch, after the success of the Portes Ouvertes yesterday. Thanks largely to all the hard work of our excellent team here; lots of people came and seemed to enjoy the wine, the domaine and themselves. Two great new cheese matches for the wines - with the Chateau Unang rosé 2013 a delicious hard Tome from Sardinia and … [Read more...]

It is an exciting moment when the first leaves appear on the vines each year, and then grow so fast that you can practically see them moving, particularly the syrah which produces an enormous amount of foliage.  The brave Grenache pine, that grows the grapes for our top cuvée La Croix, seems to be the first to appear each year - having a great aspect, and well sheltered by the surrounding oak … [Read more...]

This Saturday the cave is open all day to everyone who would like to visit the domaine of Chateau Unang. A great opportunity to discover or rediscover our wines. Taste them paired with their perfect cheese partner. (cuveé Adeline with Beaufort becomes a rich nutty sensation!). Taste the local products that make up our picnics - olives, caviar d'aubergine, quince chutney, strawberries from … [Read more...]

The 24, 25th and 26th of February 2014 the professional wine show Vinisud takes place in Montpellier.  This event which happens every two years is the second largest wine salon in France and is a fantastic show case for wines from the south of France and south of Europe. Wine importers, retailers,sommeliers and journalists from all over the world descend on Montpellier for this exciting … [Read more...]

Wednesday was one of the most important days of the year for us.  The Assemblage.  The day when all the wine made from grapes picked last year are blended together to create our 2013 range of wines. It can take many hours, and great concentration of brain and senses to create the best combinations that are in a similar style to the wines of the preceding year, yet expressing the nuances that … [Read more...]

We are planning to replant the parcel behind the Chateau in the spring.  It will be Grenache and Mouvedre grapes, year old plants carefully chosen for their suitability for this patch of ground, each one sealed with red wax to stop the rootstock from growing upwards. The Carignan grapes were pulled out some years ago, and the ground has been resting since then.  Interestingly the sites of … [Read more...]

The annual Christmas Malemort market took place outside the Mairie this year, as someone had fallen out with the barmaid near the normal site! It is a wonderful collection of stands, manned by the characters from the village, full of rich local bounty.  This is an experience to relish each year.  This year's treasures were honey, saffron, olive oil, lavender oil,  almond biscuits, quince … [Read more...]